Iranian An-140 Crashes in Tehran, Killing 40
Eight survivors taken to a Tehran hospital.
HESA builds Iranian copies of the Antonov An-140 under license.
HESA builds Iranian copies of the Antonov An-140 under license.

An Antonov An-140 operated by Iranian carrier Taban Air crashed on Sunday almost immediately following takeoff from Tehran’s Mehrabad International Airport, killing 40 of the 48 people on board. The airplane, built in Iran under license by HESA and branded the Iran-140, took off at 9:45 a.m. local time on its way to Tabas in the northeastern part of the country, according to Iran’s Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA).